Elements of Geometry: Containing the First Six Books of Euclid, with a Supplement on the Quadrature of the Circle, and the Geometry of Solids ; to which are Added, Elements of Plane and Spherical Trigonometry |
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... Magnitudes may be considered under three dimensions , -length , breadth , height or thickness . 2. In Geometry there are several general terms or principles ; such as , Definitions , Propositions , Axioms , Theorems , Problems , Lemmas ...
... Magnitudes may be considered under three dimensions , -length , breadth , height or thickness . 2. In Geometry there are several general terms or principles ; such as , Definitions , Propositions , Axioms , Theorems , Problems , Lemmas ...
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... magnitude * . " ( See Notes . ) 2. A line is length without breadth . " COROLLARY . The extremities of a line are points ; and the intersections " of one line with another are also points . " 3. " If two lines are such that they cannot ...
... magnitude * . " ( See Notes . ) 2. A line is length without breadth . " COROLLARY . The extremities of a line are points ; and the intersections " of one line with another are also points . " 3. " If two lines are such that they cannot ...
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... Magnitudes which coincide with one another , that is , which exactly fill the same space , are equal to one another . 9. The whole is greater than its part . 10. All right angles are equal to one another . 11. " Two straight lines which ...
... Magnitudes which coincide with one another , that is , which exactly fill the same space , are equal to one another . 9. The whole is greater than its part . 10. All right angles are equal to one another . 11. " Two straight lines which ...
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... magnitude of any kind , it signifies that the " magnitude is multiplied by the number . Thus , 3A signifies three " times A ; mB , m times B , or a multiple of B by m . When the num- " ber is intended to multiply two or more magnitudes ...
... magnitude of any kind , it signifies that the " magnitude is multiplied by the number . Thus , 3A signifies three " times A ; mB , m times B , or a multiple of B by m . When the num- " ber is intended to multiply two or more magnitudes ...
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... Magnitudes are said to be of the same kind , when the less can be mul- tiplied so as to exceed the greater ; and it is only such magnitudes that are said to have a ratio to one another . 5. If there be four magnitudes , and if any ...
... Magnitudes are said to be of the same kind , when the less can be mul- tiplied so as to exceed the greater ; and it is only such magnitudes that are said to have a ratio to one another . 5. If there be four magnitudes , and if any ...
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ABC is equal ABCD adjacent angles altitude angle ABC angle ACB angle BAC base BC bisected centre chord circle ABC circumference cosine cylinder demonstrated described diameter divided draw equal and similar equal angles equiangular equilateral equilateral polygon equimultiples Euclid exterior angle fore four right angles given rectilineal given straight line greater Hence hypotenuse inscribed join less Let ABC magnitudes meet multiple opposite angle parallel parallelogram parallelopiped perpendicular plane polygon prism PROB PROP proportional proposition quadrilateral radius ratio rectangle contained rectilineal figure remaining angle right angled triangle SCHOLIUM segment semicircle shewn side BC sine solid angle solid parallelopiped spherical angle spherical triangle square straight line BC THEOR third touches the circle triangle ABC triangle DEF wherefore
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Page 49 - If a straight line be divided into two equal parts, and also into two unequal parts; the rectangle contained by the unequal parts, together with the square of the line between the points of section, is equal to the square of half the line.
Page 147 - ... cuts the base, the rectangle contained by the sides of the triangle is equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the base, together with the square on the straight line which bisects the angle.
Page 292 - All the interior angles of any rectilineal figure, together with four right angles, are equal to twice as many right angles as the figure has sides.
Page 7 - A circle is a plane figure contained by one line, which is called the circumference, and is such that all straight lines drawn from a certain point within the figure to the circumference, are equal to one another.
Page 139 - K hag to M the ratio which is compounded of the ratios of the sides ; therefore also the parallelogram AC has to the parallelogram CF the ratio which is compounded of the ratios of the sides. COR. Hence, any two rectangles are to each other as the products of their bases multiplied by their altitudes.
Page 33 - Parallelograms upon the same base and between the same parallels, are equal to one another.
Page 79 - If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle, the angles made by...
Page 125 - If two triangles have one angle of the one equal to one angle of the other and the sides about these equal angles proportional, the triangles are similar.
Page 131 - If four straight lines be proportionals, the rectangle contained by the extremes is equal to the rectangle contained by the means; And if the rectangle contained by the extremes be equal to the rectangle contained by the means, the four straight lines are proportionals. Let the four straight lines, AB, CD, E, F, be proportionals, viz.
Page 78 - The angle in a semicircle is a right angle ; the angle in a segment greater than a semicircle is less than a right angle ; and the angle in a segment less than a semicircle is greater than a right angle.